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4 Aban 1457
Tuesday 4 Aban 1457 in the Persian calendar is Tuesday, 25 October 2078, and 18 Dhu al-Hijjah 1501 in the Islamic calendar.
This day's Islamic date is not yet officially announced and is an astronomical estimate; it and the day's religious occasions may move by a day.
Public holiday
This day in four calendars
- Persian4 Aban 1457
- Gregorian25 October 2078
- Islamic18 Dhu al-Hijjah 1501
- Imperial4 Aban 2637
- Day of the year220 of 366
- Left in the year146 days
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Occasions on 4 Aban 1457
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On this day: October 25
Events
- 1868 (158 years ago) The Uspenski Cathedral, designed by Aleksey Gornostayev, is inaugurated in Helsinki, Finland.
- 1875 (151 years ago) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 in B♭ minor, Op. 23 premieres in Boston, Massachusetts, with Benjamin Johnson Lang as conductor and Hans von Bülow as soloist.
- 1911 (115 years ago) The Xinhai Revolution spreads to Guangzhou, where the Qing general Fengshan is assassinated by the Chinese Assassination Corps.
- 1944 (82 years ago) World War II: Heinrich Himmler orders a crackdown on the Edelweiss Pirates, a loosely organized youth culture in Nazi Germany that had assisted army deserters and others to hide from the Third Reich.
- 1971 (55 years ago) The People's Republic of China replaces the Republic of China at the United Nations.
- 1990 (36 years ago) The Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic declares its sovereignty from the Soviet Union.
- 2001 (25 years ago) Microsoft releases Windows XP, which becomes one of Microsoft's most successful operating systems.
- 2010 (16 years ago) A magnitude 7.8 earthquake strikes off Indonesia's Mentawai Islands, triggering a tsunami that kills at least 400 people.
Births
- 1800 (226 years ago) Thomas Babington Macaulay, English poet, historian, and politician, Secretary at War (died 1859)
- 1806 (220 years ago) Max Stirner, German philosopher and author (died 1856)
- 1811 (215 years ago) Évariste Galois, French mathematician and theorist (died 1832)
- 1825 (201 years ago) Johann Strauss II, Austrian composer and educator (died 1899)
- 1838 (188 years ago) Georges Bizet, French pianist and composer (died 1875)
- 1881 (145 years ago) Pablo Picasso, Spanish painter and sculptor (died 1973)
- 1971 (55 years ago) Elif Şafak, French-Turkish journalist, author, and academic
- 1984 (42 years ago) Katy Perry, American singer-songwriter and actress
Deaths
- 625 (1401 years ago) Pope Boniface V,
- 1154 (872 years ago) Stephen, King of England
- 1400 (626 years ago) Geoffrey Chaucer, English philosopher, poet, and author (born c. 1343)
- 1647 (379 years ago) Evangelista Torricelli, Italian physicist and mathematician (born 1608)
- 1760 (266 years ago) George II of Great Britain,
- 1973 (53 years ago) Abebe Bikila, Ethiopian runner (born 1932)
- 1993 (33 years ago) Vincent Price, American actor (born 1911)
- 2002 (24 years ago) Richard Harris, Irish actor and singer (born 1930)